Saturday, June 30, 2012

I have a niece who is serving in Chile, and each week in her letters home she writes about how cold it's getting; in our mission we always managed to celebrate Independence Day. So when you put those two together...

Friday, June 29, 2012

This one almost didn't make it past the sketchbook stage. Perhaps I was wrong to move it along!Later
I've had a little more time to think about it, and modified it just a bit. I like this a bit better:

These are some illustrations from an early draft of the guide -- it was going to be an interactive PDF with little illustrations and factoids to draw people in to the text and make it kind of fun.

Alas, bureaucratic heads prevailed, so the user's guide is now a Word document that's pretty much straight text with a couple of photos and floor plans dropped in here and there. Sigh. Not that it's bad; it just could have been so much better.

This first group shows (clockwise from left) the introduction, restrictions on wall height, the new showers and locker room, noise restrictions, recycling and the new mail system.

This second set illustrates restrictions on eating at your desk (snacks are OK, but take smelly foods to the lunchroom or outside), a ban on personal fans and space heaters (the building has a very sophisticated climate control system), building policies and procedures (always a favorite), cleaning up after yourself, quiet areas, and (center) an orientation to your new cubicle.

Sunday, June 24, 2012

I think this might be the last of my New Era promotional cartoons for a while. This one features most of their regular cartoonists (from left): Me, Arie Van De Graaff, Val Bagley, Jon Clark and Ryan Stoker. I drew a character in the style of each. I just thought it was kind of fun.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

I had an "Oh, no! I'm becoming an Oregonian!" moment the other day. It was cool and overcast, and I wore a light coat to work. Then it occurred to me that it was the last day of school/first day of summer vacation...and I was wearing a coat to work...and I didn't even think twice about it! For a Utah boy, that's just wrong!

Perhaps it's time to make another pilgrimage to the Land of the Mountains High...

Monday, June 18, 2012

OK, if you don't know by now, I am kind of a geek. Of course for cartoonists, that's not a big leap; it's almost a given. As such, I've been thinking it would be fun to incorporate some sort of Dr. Who thingy in with some missionary gag. This probably isn't it.

I like the implication, however, that they've tried some Who thing before.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

This New Era promo is based on real life. I have one son who loves to stay up late reading in bed. But he doesn't read junk: Shakespeare, Tolkien, Orson Scott Card, Watterson, Schulz, Borgman and Scott, Van De Graaff... And, yes, the New Era.

Monday, June 11, 2012

This is one idea for the New Era promotional cartoons that didn't make it past the sketchbook stage... but I think it has some possibilities. Can you tell I worked on it around the same time our family went to see The Avengers?

Thursday, June 7, 2012

We interrupt our regularly scheduled cartoon for a moment to pause and honor Ray Bradbury on the occasion of his passing. He was an amazing author, with keen insights and writing skills that transformed the genre. Fahrenheit 451 was one of my favorite books, and I enjoyed many of his other stories as well. He will be missed, but his work will live on.

About Me

I've been cartooning since I was a teenager, and have been published in magazines ranging from AASHTO Quarterly to the New Era and several other periodicals, trade publications and newsletters.
Feel free to contact me with comments, complaints or questions!